13th Mar 2008 10:44
Morgan Stanley Securities Limited13 March 2008 AMENDMENT TO ANNOUNCEMENT 9214P RELEASED AT 11:21 ON 12 MARCH 2008 DEALINGS BY CONNECTED EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADERS WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY (Rule 38.5(a) of the Takeover Code) 1. KEY INFORMATION Name of exempt principal trader Morgan Stanley Securities Limited Company dealt in Rio Tinto Plc Class of relevant security to which the Ordinary Sharesdealings being disclosed relate (Note 1) Date of dealing 11 March 2008 2. DEALINGS (Note 2) (a) Purchases and sales Total number of securities purchased Highest price paid (Note 3) GBP Lowest price paid (Note 3) GBP 552,822 53.7200 50.9934 Total number of securities sold Highest price received (Note 3) GBP Lowest price received (Note 3) GBP 498,901 53.6700 50.9200 (b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) Product name, Long/short (Note 4) Number of securities (Note 5) Price per unit (Note 3) GBPe.g. CFD CFD LONG 20,612 52.6279CFD SHORT 7,469 52.2734CFD SHORT 9,276 52.5100CFD LONG 109 52.3921CFD LONG 14 52.3921CFD LONG 15,000 52.3990CFD LONG 294 52.4115CFD LONG 15,552 52.5034CFD LONG 9,359 52.5034CFD LONG 4,000 52.7919CFD LONG 58,027 52.8568CFD SHORT 291 51.1089CFD SHORT 3 51.4787CFD SHORT 4,454 51.4851CFD SHORT 50,000 51.4851CFD SHORT 3,522 51.9837CFD SHORT 300 52.2157CFD SHORT 48 52.4514CFD SHORT 232 52.4514CFD SHORT 48 52.4514CFD SHORT 1,904 52.4514CFD SHORT 392 52.4514CFD SHORT 392 52.4514CFD SHORT 5,853 52.5152CFD SHORT 4 52.8492CFD SHORT 110,000 53.1172CFD LONG 5,090 52.6147CFD LONG 12,210 52.6147 (c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities (i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying Product name, Writing, selling, Number of securities Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money purchasing, to which the option American,e.g. call option varying etc. relates (Note 5) price GBP European etc. date paid/received per unit (Note 3) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A (ii) Exercising Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 3)N/A N/A N/A 3. OTHER INFORMATION Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relatingto the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the votingrights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form isreferenced. If none, this should be stated. NONE Date of disclosure 13 March 2008 Contact name Zafrhan Fahmy Telephone number 020 7677 1871 Name of offeree/offeror with which connected Rio Tinto Plc Nature of connection (Note 6) Advisor Notes The Notes on Form 38.5(a) can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Rio Tinto